Telegram-herald., 1887-03-07
SUNDAY. SERVICES
A Elooent Ssrm0n Delivered
By Rev. K 3. Topper.
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70 u ~ inz.s8ihezal tacE. - npiei % a
distinguished sritsT, that tEo Of tne 1aest
suloxiuus Yrca0ancsd - lnat4iity upon
The chriztiaa religion hare placed p4rticaiaf
emphasis upsa philanthropy A. tnopg is
cardinal and ehsr-clerizlng pgiaclPiss. The
nFs- u these . ir0m JgAAa. the ApOstates
Who IN letter u pagan pritsf writes.
Les Is coasfi~r that n0thins has 80 con-
tlibated u the pfozTess d theschTlssian
s1psssltion As their charity = strangers.
We must begin % dischAsgs this obligation
ourselves. We mgsg establish hospitals.
For It Woald be q sharie fJr Is 70 abandon
cur poo. wnals shs Jsss have none. aad
The ilag sas oaiileans prOyl1s no. only for
.h-ir oWa. b1t tx ours Also The other
testimony Is lrole Lue a.. tas s4tlrlsg, ~ho.
ia one ~ sac early cent4sios, wrote. AZ Is
i1crs4lsie whaL gains and diligence they
tltrlsflansI ase u saccOr one another.
Their LEGISLATOR made tnem believe that they
are al orethran anl since they rea0unced
our rollsion and s3rshlpPsd tneir cTacined
lcalier. taey I've according 70 his laws. and
a.. thsif rl.les ara ia common Charity
sseuss u De Their constant anu eternal ssca-
sord.
rhsse are my friends. remarkable tssti-
uaoases -rema ,kzbls not only because they
Sue ffom the heart aud lips OF Pssan-not
only because they are the products Of the
enemies Of our divine system but alsO-aad
sp-cially-it Is n jusr this COnceplson and
c1nd.,ioa OF thug which these words IN
d.cAts thst ne have illustrated one Of The
graadast elements OF superiority ia the
Clrisiisn religion over all It's predecessors.
study ali these other ancient religions aud
You iu1 wanting sadly wanting. Inis one
glorious element of OsasYolsoce * phii-
ant.roBy. The Greeks AMI ioAeas-in-
deed mos. ol lb- great laces-+ founded as
aus IA. sad manhood upon an absence Of
4a1ile4ahs auc sens bility. They msds their
nlas4 mzn on l-o1 nlAn-thslr hero one
f-afn whose seart aud srec8 sNEt al or0sh-
erly sgfnpathg was aoseut. The pEges Of
aac.eul history are stained vita the r-dnssa
II bloody Gs-ls. Anth)..y fraiiopet in one
of his W-ifiuFs saws. "Marius, the 0Ii
naaa. alan - s6aM in the blood OF his
eaeruiss a. did bis ylvai Sliia. bul the
vouns Oetarius csmenfed MS throne with
the blood OF lis friends Bring be ore
vour mind. IL you can, the sal history of
those days -dsgs when slavery VAS sane
tioaai D. Pato. supported Dy AIRS tie Al
excns4d Dy Cicero lays when Rome baI
buildings numerous for the per
petragion murder IN gi4d.atOnal
consss.s--s0metimes brother fighting
against brother TO make suitable
anussment FOR men and women OF the
highest rank, or, a Froude puts It: Mas
bntcaering man 10 give zsst 10 a Roman
hoiiday-sll this. and get not hospital o.
ASYLUM for the psor. the blind, tbe word
f,rS.sen and broken heartet" days when
the Greek word for love w@s Is yet untnyent.
ei and the Latin for humanity meant pota-
ing better than refinement and culture. Such
was the state OF the world before the Christ
ian era.
Now. as intelligent and impartial students
of history, we pause, contrast our day
with that. and ask ourselves. What has
wrought this great revolution in human
thought and action What has G anged
that roo ase Of missnthrOpy. barbarsm
aud cruelty. beneath which tie world 200
years a2o groaued and bed into this golden
sge Of philanthropy aud love whose radisnt
beams lsght up ell the earth today rhrolgh
wha, mighty influence has cur planet been
made % change front on this great matter
charity and love What has inieriected
into oar world tnat new conception o.
mzn's duty 10 man and mans sympathy
i1r man. which has constituted humanity
q glorious o.osherl0Od.
We are not Iny friends, without an an
swar o. these qussti0ns and that answer is
e1rfainet ~ ne Oae short. mOnasyllEb'c
word. Cnrist-Christ Two THOUSAND wears
ay1 the iizht and life Of heaven was re-
vsaled on earth Ia diTine-human person
Who. As ths text 50 beautifully reveals
went a5ort doing good. aud rhs impress
snd influence, deep and inde.i5le Of this
divine iDcarnsiJn have wrought the
- ~fr oft-
Z. ..sn. ,aolr ah iher4 is ths solution Of
the problem. there the answer 10 our
Question. ls pictures before IS as with a
lash. one ~ the u03lesr portraits OF MarT's
Son n-oue Of the trl.st conditions of lis
s1s-pss a. = moral fetJrmer and founder OF
new aui t-rssistit-s Tsigion--uav. one 90
TIE rrtndsst elements ia him as the gEea.
heaven charged magnet. who all conscious
~ Ifis divine power, could sssn1 before a
rsaaraaoa aad Al gsnsrltg1ns Of the
words q story and eNs.aim. a. il 4 Be
Enei u1 wi tssv al m 'n % N-.
More rhar this. 70 portrait of Jesus
-alh-r shau snv other taat inspiration has
e. ven salts ouF sge We i've ~ a reti.tar-
f.u axe. Fais la.A sent4ry "a peculiarly one
af ,tai4z--one 0f deeds. We sra nos
ike fna sI4-Iv G0aaa. or SCHOLARLY Greex
az rifuahsrc Jsw pt other DAYS. the one
cravsnz ns display of woadrsus rover an z
imperial sway. the osAsr losing himself s
laoTr.nths of abstrgse nlstapAysies
The third bow.Hs hunss.f be-
fra heavy rifss aad significant
svn1o.s and fsUiag rs1ss and costly sacTi-
hess We sse in stern ego of fac's -an
azs taat hluors sd castora. no cerem 11y,
n. ift.t. .f-fsfrn. no pa-soa fhat clnuo- prove
irs class o - altty besides m ~ zo.l its
arrta s-ans 50 Iesrrtnf. So 1sritv and
power. IS ben $3.50 apgr lcA Inc prtCtieai
s-... ~. - II vg.lf Ime vita the plea tlat
aa should renoancs ths world an afaca
hisseif g. tas 11rIstisn fsith he dos no.
propose tns question. Aat - vo1-
Nsst.f save BIZ Waas dii r0ar Masisr
faf Whfsdd He 80 toAt 3s should mafe
shls rre4t aamsnd Ca lae Vntla. S. as-
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